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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is necessary to invest in good governments as well as investing in... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Taking Time Out for a Challenge
hit the small African nation in 2014. “Having watched Sierra Leone and its neighbors make great strides over the last decade to consolidate peace, grow their economies, and invest in public services, I knew they remained among the poorest countries in the world, with... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Thumbs Up Down Under
Boston Globe (December 9, 2001), "There's no place to stop. There's no help. There's nothing within a thousand miles. That means you've got to be extremely careful with everything you do - even lighting the stove." View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
Growing up in Calcutta, Delhi, and Bombay, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria experienced urban life at its most extreme — cities so full of people and traffic that it was impossible to imagine they could grow any larger. At a conference on... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
Business Plan Contest, I did a marketing independent study on how to launch a premium pisco brand in the United States. We entered a plan in the contest and were semi-finalists. The alumni I contacted during my second year were extremely... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
may indeed have been the best of the best, McCall’s theory gives a causal explanation of why. It wasn’t because they were born with superior skills. Instead, it was because they had honed them along the way, by having experiences that taught them how to deal with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
extremely well. Our long-standing programs, such as AMP, PMD, and OPM, are likewise thriving. In fact, the tremendous growth in our programs is creating a real challenge to our capacity. BULLETIN: What are you doing about that challenge?... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
wonderful thing, and it’s become extremely effective at fundraising for lots of good causes,” says Reed, who cofounded the charity with his father, Sir Alec Reed (OPM 17, 1991). It was his father’s idea to take the technology used for the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
by Ed Hajim (MBA '64), continued its important work and has identified and interviewed a number of impressive candidates for nomination to the board for next year. These have been busy months for the Alumni Board, and I am extremely... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
appreciation of his Harvard stint is one reason why he is helping HBS prepare a case study on PSA. “To learn from the experience of major companies and understand how managers tackle problems can be extremely rewarding,” Khoo explains.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Eager to Help Shape School’s Future
the research, and the facilities. Alumni are truly vested in the future of this great institution. Dean Jay Light has led the School under extremely difficult circumstances over the past five years. Our new Dean will face the equally... View Details
Keywords: Ann Kelly
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
passive consumption of video to be successful outside the home. I think that’s why we’re seeing this diversification of immersive experiences and why, at Meow Wolf, we are presenting something extremely unique.” View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
problems. Wang: Beyond the advantages that Scott has mentioned, imagine you’re in a country where the currency is more volatile than cryptocurrencies, or where it’s highly risky to be carrying around cash. Cryptocurrencies can be View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
pandemic, we have seen firsthand the divide in our nation. The majority of citizens have been able to work from home and prosper. At the same time, millions of individuals (especially those in our industry) have been harder hit by this pandemic and View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
for Fijians, and plans are under way for a $2 million hospital for the islanders. "The Fijians don't have much material wealth, but they have an extreme amount of happiness, which derives from their character, their security, their... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
which means that all employees are “really focused on efficiency,” Wallace says. They developed a multilayered interview process to match the right person for each job, as the wrong hire can be extremely costly. It culminates with a two-... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
that. They were an extremely sophisticated group who knew about the world, and they really motivated me.” One of only a few African Americans in his class, O’Neal says simply: “Not a lot of people looked like me.” That was also the case... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
of what the future might hold. For Kidwai, those dreams led to the United States, where in 1982, she became the first woman from India to graduate from HBS. But Kidwai always knew she wanted to return to help shape her country. Highlights from her long and View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
boundaries, firm activities, and geographic borders. Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership by Amy Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey (Emerald Group Publishing) Today's global enterprises increasingly involve... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Seattle-based Elevar Equity. Her childhood summers in the Philippines, with its extreme poverty and extreme wealth, inspired an interest in development; a career in private equity and investment banking had... View Details